Military men facing terrorism charges prepared for zombie apocalypse, informant alleges
CBC
New information from an informant in the case involving three men accused of facilitating terrorism in Quebec City revealed they were planning for a supposed zombie apocalypse.
The information, provided as part of an ongoing case still before the courts, comes from a former member of the group Hide & Stalk — an alleged anti-government Instagram group of current and former military members.
The allegations are found in an Information to Obtain (ITO) — a document filed by police as part of an application to obtain a search warrant. These allegations and sourcing have not been tested in court.
A publication ban regarding this former member’s name and the information he provided to police as part of their investigation was lifted Friday. He provided a voluntary interview with investigators which lasted three days. CBC is withholding the name of the former member as he is not facing charges.
In July, the RCMP charged four Quebec men, all with military ties, for allegedly planning an ideologically motivated violent plot "intending to forcibly take possession of land in the Quebec City area."
Alongside weapons charges, three of them — Marc-Aurèle Chabot, Simon Angers-Audet and Raphaël Lagacé — have been charged with the serious offence of facilitating a terrorist activity.
The men were accused of being members of the group Hide & Stalk.
In documents made available Friday, detectives say they met with the informant who is a former member of the group.
In his interview with authorities, he said that when he left the Canadian Armed Forces in 2021, he looked for a military community and soon connected with Chabot on Instagram.
The following year, the individual told police that he was brought on excursions, camping trips and became a part of the group Hide & Stalk.
Each person in the group has a distinct role, according to the source, all of which were decided by Chabot.
In the obtained court documents, the informant alleges Chabot wanted him to use his expertise as an engineer in combat — and reportedly asked him for information on explosive techniques and to teach explosives. The informant said he refused, and instead took care of radio communications with Lagacé, one of the accused.
In his conversations with the members over several training sessions, the informant allegedly told police there were derogatory jokes and comments aimed toward Jewish people and that Chabot reportedly mentioned that he didn’t believe in equality between the sexes and used degrading language when talking about women.
The documents allege Chabot also mentioned in a group conversation that a major economic crisis was approaching and posed a risk to society. He reportedly believed that the end of the world was approaching by a foreign country and a zombie invasion.
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